1913 Finnish parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 August 1913. In 1914, the Russian government decided to suspend the Finnish Parliament for the duration of World War I.

Campaign

Finnish voters' growing frustration with Parliament's performance was reflected by the low voter turnout; the Social Democrats and Agrarians, championing the cause of poor workers and farmers, kept gaining votes at the expense of the Old Finns, whose main concern was the passive defence of Finland´s self-government. They disagreed on the social and economic policies, and thus did not formulate very clear positions on them.[1][2]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Social Democratic Party of Finland312,21443.1190+4
Finnish Party143,98219.8838–5
Young Finnish Party102,31314.1329+1
Swedish People's Party94,67213.0725–1
Agrarian League56,9777.8718+2
Christian Workers' Union12,8501.770–1
Others1,2960.180
Total724,3041002000
Valid votes724,30499.13
Invalid/blank votes6,3450.87
Total votes cast730,649100
Registered voters/turnout1,430,13551.09
Source: Mackie & Rose[3]
Popular vote
SDP
43.11%
SP
19.88%
NSP
14.13%
RKP
13.07%
ML
7.87%
KTL
1.77%
Others
0.18%
Parliament seats
SDP
45.00%
SP
19.00%
NSP
14.50%
RKP
12.50%
ML
9.00%

References

  1. Seppo Zetterberg et al (2008) A Small Giant of the Finnish History WSOJ
  2. Allan Tiitta and Seppo Zetterberg (1992) Finland Through the Ages Reader´s Digest
  3. Thomas T Mackie & Richard Rose (1991) The International Almanac of Electoral History, Macmillan, p243 (vote figures)
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